Ryan Cosbert
Brooklyn, New York
Contact:
Bcosryan@gmail.com
Education:
School of Visual Arts, BFA Fine Arts (2021)
Honors/Awards:
Barnes Foundation Scholarship Grantee (2021)
Chairman's Merit Award (2017-2021)
Solo exhibitions:
Traveling Mercies - Luce Gallery
Turin, Italy
March 24th- April 23rd, 2022
I Am What I Am - Ryan Cosbert’s NY Solo debut exhibition - Undercurrent
Brooklyn, NY
March 12 - April 18, 2021
Art Fairs:
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York with Luce Gallery May 19 - May 22 2022
Dallas Art Fair with Luce Gallery Apr 21 - Apr 24 2022
Felix Los Angeles with Luce Gallery Feb 17 - Feb 20 2022
NADA MIAMI with Swivel Gallery Dec 1 - Dec 4th, 2021
Untitled Miami Beach with Luce Gallery Nov 29 - Dec 4, 2021
Dallas Art Fair with Luce Gallery Nov 11 - Nov 14, 2021
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair London with Luce Gallery Oct 14 - Oct 17, 2021
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair New York with Luce Gallery Online- May 17th-23rd, 2021
Art Exhibitions:
Welancora MIGRATING SUN PART 1
co-curated by Na’ye Perez
September 8-November 12, 2022
Phillips Auction Arrangements in Black
July 27th-August 19th, 2022
Swivel Saugerties The Shape of Things
July 22nd-September 3rd, 2022
Bode Projects Summer of Possibilities
Curated by: Alteronce Gumby
July 9th-August 21st, 2022
Bode Projects Salon RBH
April 29th-May 15th, 2022
Phillips x Superposition Gallery House of Crowns
December 2021
Columbia University (Macy Art Gallery) Vocoder
Curated by Charles Moore
Nov 1 - 19, 2021
UTA Artist Space CARPE DIEM
LA, California
Online - Curated by Michael Sherman
September 24th, 2021
Harper’s Books Melrose
LA, California
October 1 – November 6, 2021
Band Of Vices coLAB An Ode To
Curated by Kiara Cristina Ventura
LA, California
September 25th - October 23rd, 2021
Mehari Sequar Gallery Æffect
Curated by Darryl Atwell
Washington DC
September 11th - October 17th, 2021
Bode Projects I SAW IT HANG DOWN THERE
Berlin, Germany
August 7th - September 4th, 2021
ARTNOIR x Artsy Benefit Auction
Online
July 13th -July 27th, 2021
Swivel Gallery The Privilege Of Getting Together Vol. 3
New York
July 15th - August 15th, 2021
Superposition Gallery Three Year Anniversary Hamptons Benefit Sale
New York
August 18th - 31st, 2021
Harper Books 36 Paintings
New York
May 22, 2021 - June 23, 2021
Press Release & More Photos
I Am What I Am - Ryan Cosbert’s NY Solo debut exhibition
March 12 - April 18, 2021
70 John St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Press release https://undercurrent.nyc/exhibitions-and-events/2021/3/12/ryan-cosbert-i-am-what-i-am
Tissue Memory
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Tissue Memory,” a juried exhibition of multidisciplinary works by SVA students and a recent alumnus. Organized by SVA Galleries, the exhibition will be on view online from Tuesday, March 23, through Monday, April 12.
https://www.galleries.sva.edu/tissue-memory
Across the Surface / On the Edge : Online exhibition: https://www.galleries.sva.edu/across-the-surface-on-the-edge, October 3 – Saturday, October 31, 2020, Curated by: Ian Burnley, Evan Durkin, Alejandro Chen Li, Luis Navarro, Amy Stienbarger, Tarah Rhoda and Tyler Rowland
Through Our Eyes (Virtual exhibition funded by an Art Curatorial Grant from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities) August 28 - October 9, 2020 Curated by Emmanuel Massillon
Serving the People BFA Show 2020 (Virtual) May 21, 2020 https://stp.world/collections/bfa-show-2020
Here We Are, New York, New York, February 15 - March 15, 2020 Curated by Emmanuel Massillon https://sva.edu/events/here-we-are
Rough & Tumble Recordings Studio Collective Exhibition, New York, New York (2019)
RnArt Art Show, Richmond, Virginia (2019)
BSU 2018 Black History Month Art Exhibition, New York, New York (2018)
Art is for Lovers, Milwaukee (2015)
Lectures:
Ryan Cosbert in conversation with Emmanuel Massillon - Through Our Eyes (Link coming soon)
Contemporary Abstraction & Sculpture- Organizer & Moderator (Dec. 2020)
Contemporary Abstraction & Sculpture is a panel discussion held at the Fashion Institution of Technology (FIT) moderated by Shameekia Johnson featuring artists Emmanuel Massillon and Ryan Cosbert, whose work reflects the multiplicities of social and political issues linked to the Black American experience. Massillon and Cosbert’s artworks will be framed within the context of African-American Art History as they continue to build their legacy.
Press:
Cultured Mag - Winter Youth Issue
Written by Charles Moore
(2021) https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2021/12/06/ryan-cosbert-paints-a-new-portrait-of-history
Artsy - The Dallas Art Fair Makes Its Long-Awaited In-Person Return
(2021) https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dallas-art-fair-long-awaited-in-person-return
Washington Post - In the galleries: Intellectually engaging, visually striking and open to interpretation
Whitewall - Everette Taylor Builds A Community of Friends Through Collecting
(2021) https://whitewall.art/art/everette-taylor-builds-a-community-of-friends-through-collecting
Artsy - Nonprofit ARTNOIR Continues to Empower Artists of Color with a New Scholarship for MFA Students
Artsy - Inside My Collection: Schwanda Rountree
(2021) https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-inside-collection-schwanda-rountree
Visual Opinion: Louder VOL 27 (2020)
The VO showcases the diverse and talented members of the SVA student body. For every edition, the VO staff decides on a theme and selects submissions that best exemplify the College’s range of departments and disciplines, and that best fit the motif. Undergraduates and graduate students in all programs are invited to submit work, and each issue features a multitude of mediums, including photography, illustration, comics, poetry, painting and sculpture. The front cover features a sculpture, Double Consciousness, by the BSU’s president, Emmanuel Massillon (BFA Fine Arts); the back cover is My Cup Runneth Over, a painting by BSU member Ryan Cosbert (BFA Fine Arts).
https://sva.edu/features/sva-students-visual-opinion-screams-louder-for-underrepresented-voices
View the magazine online:
https://issuu.com/visualopinion/docs/louder-issue1
Washington City Paper Review
Here We Are
(2020) https://sva.edu/events/here-we-are
SVA Style Magazine (2018)
Malestrom Magazine (2016)